By any yardstick, 2016 has been a rollercoaster year for Indian banking. Loan growth continued to be tepid as corporate India refused to take investment…
Month: December 2016
Affordable housing is the flavour of the season
What do Anshu Jain, Jaspal Bindra, Gunit Chadha and Pramod Bhasin have in common? They are all global bankers from India. Right? Yes, they have…
Can only love for our postman ensure success for India Post Payments Bank?
People have been waiting eagerly for the launch of the India Post Payments Bank or IPPB, the largest among the eight that are likely to…
RBI prefers to wait and watch impact of demonetisation
The key takeaway from the December policy of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is the central bank downplaying the impact of demonetisation. Uncertainties surrounding…
Rate cut is likely as inflation drops, growth being dented
If you ask economists about their expectations from the two-day meeting of the six-member monetary policy committee (MPC) that kicks off on Tuesday, they will…
Where do microfinance firms go from here?
If you have your ear to the ground, you may hear 1.2 million employees of the Indian microfinance industry singing an old song of country-and-western…